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1S Putting A Smile On A Fish

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28%10Putting a smile on one's face
adjective satellite

• cheerfully encouraging

28%5Smile that's not a warm smile
noun

• a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure

verb

• smile affectedly or derisively

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